<p>I am a sophomore going into my second semester with a 3.40 hoping to transfer to Columbia/Cornell/BC/NYU/BU/Northeastern in fall 2012. How are my chances assuming that my extracurriculars, essay, and letters of recommendation are strong? I am transferring from a SUNY, do not need financial aid, and I am generally applying to each school's college of arts and sciences. </p>
<p>How rare is is that someone with my GPA gets into schools like these? Do you know anybody in particular who has done this? What made him or her special?</p>
<p>I hope the "APPLE PIE" caught your attention! HELP PLEASE! Thank you very much.</p>
<p>Here are the facts, according to CollegeBoard.</p>
<p>Transfer Rate:
Columbia University - 7.31% (1 accepted per 13.68 who apply)
Cornell University - 22.05% (1 accepted per 4.54 who apply)
Boston University - 28.27% (1 accepted per 3.54 who apply)
New York University - 33.09% (1 accepted per 3.021 who apply)
Boston College - 43.67% (1 accepted per 2.29 who apply)
Northeastern University - 48.73% (1 accepted per 2.052 who apply)</p>
<p>In my opinion it seems like Columbia and Cornell seem like a waste. I’m unsure why BU’s transfer acceptance rate is so low, but don’t let that deter you from applying.</p>
<p>I recommend to just try to transfer into Boston University, Boston College, New York University, and Northeastern University. I’m fairly confident if you applied to those 4 you’ll most likely be accepted by 1 or 2 of them. Good luck!</p>
<p>Sorry, but the transfer rates are actually much lower. For example the BC transfer rate (for that year) above is only the percentage of those who accepted an offer. Only 7% of transfers who applied went to BC. Only 18% were offered admission. It is usually harder to attend a top school as a transfer because of their retention rates. Transfer admission stats (BC) for last published fall term:</p>
<p>BU’s numbers are lower, because of those who were offered admission, less accepted. BU is much easier to get into. 28% were offered admission (and the overall applicant pool is not the same), those who applied to both and were accepted to both (regular admission) prefer BC. (Princeton Review)</p>
<p>Ya with a 3.4 its not happening. I got into Cornell with a 3.7 and I thought i was really lucky to be considered with that. Honestly even for NYU a 3.4 is really low … I don’t know about the other schools but I would transfer to another school that you like, assuming you don’t like your school and your not just trying to get into a top one for the name.</p>